mrspabs

You could always just replace

<title><?php elegant_titles(); ?></title>

with

<title>Whatever you want</title>

or

Try installing a plugin that does SEO. most of them give you a way to control the title tag per page/post

is it just on the single post? My single.php template has code like this

<?php if (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
							// Both Comments and Pings are open ?>
							<a href="#respond">Leave a comment</a>.

						<?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
							// Only Pings are Open ?>
							Responses are currently closed, but you can <a href="<?php trackback_url(true); ?> " rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.

						<?php } elseif (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
							// Comments are open, Pings are not ?>
							You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

						<?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
							// Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?>
							Both comments and pings are currently closed.

So you can just find the appropriate text and remove it.

Do you have templates for archive.php and single.php files?